How to Use illustration in a Sentence

illustration

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  • They selected photographs to use for the illustration of the book.
  • The illustrations that he provided in his speech were very effective.
  • Illustration is the key to good communication.
  • The illustration on page 30 shows the parts of an engine.
  • The tweet illustration shows white cleats, but not sure about that one.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This illustration will get plenty of love from all the DIY dads out there.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The process of writing Yaya and the Sea was different in that the writing and the illustrations had to work in tandem.
    — Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Trump did offer some praise to Harris, for the illustration of her on the new cover of Time.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The book has changed Glaser’s outlook on her illustration work as well as her future prospects in the field.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • When that idea was nixed, Johnston saw an illustration in a U.S. Steel brochure with a four-legged truck walking through the woods in the snow.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
  • The illustrations are adorable — think the roundest eyes and rosiest cheeks and the smiliest smiles.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That is another neat illustration — a sign of which way the wind has blown.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The illustration was on the debut edition of the 1997 novel.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 27 June 2024
  • This illustration of the front view of the James Webb Space Telescope shows its sun shield and golden mirrors.
    — Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The treatment of Eugene Debs was a stark illustration of the crackdown.
    — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The front of the two-sided letter features an illustration of Rhoudy adorned with bright-red hearts.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 May 2024
  • The perfect illustration of that approach is the evolution of the merge process.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Her baby, meanwhile, wears a tiny bib in the same print, plus gray socks with tiny illustrations of black cars.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But the main draw of this style is the collage on the upper that tells Jordan’s story through illustration.
    — Obi Anyanwu, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Marshall used the illustration of water in a bucket, where the body is the bucket and the water is a person’s blood.
    — Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The figures are the latest illustration of the perennial strength of the U.S. job market.
    — Time, 7 Oct. 2022
  • This deep 45-yard pass to wide receiver Noah Brown is a good illustration of that.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
  • To the left of the fireplace are illustrations of Paris street scenes that were owned by Birney’s grandmother.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But Orr said the illustration didn’t produce any leads.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
  • Wyeth painted the four illustrations at his studio in Chadds Ford, Pa., and then sent them to the publisher.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • An illustration of a satellite moving at high speed over the Earth.
    — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The game has a set of 144 tiles, each with one of five illustration categories displayed.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
  • As an illustration of the muddle the Windsors now find themselves in, the concert was second to none.
    — Mike McCahill, Variety, 8 May 2023
  • One of the illustrations features blue suit with an orange-hued coat, while another is of a long red dress.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
  • That second port could be used to charge another battery, including the battery of another EV, and the patent includes an illustration of three EVs daisy-chained to each other.
    — Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025

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